Aisle 17

I started a poem a day challenge, and this was from day one, about the cleaning aisle.

Stuck between pet food and produce

is Aisle 17, are the cleaning products

Florescent lights shine down on

shelves of

blue, yellow, green, red, orange

environmentally irresponsible

plastic jugs.

Laundry detergent on the right,

dish detergent on the left

stand at attention along the sides of the aisle.

All the brands shout out

Pick Me, they say,

I am Powerful, Extra Strong,

Concentrated!

The laundry detergents

Lavender, lemon, sea breeze,

compete for

whiter whites, softer clothes,

or starch if you are feeling a little uptight.

The dish detergents promise

Sparkling dishes just a capful away!

Don't worry about that caked on grease,

it's no match for our superpowers!

The disinfectants, the hard core cleaners,

Clorox, Lysol, PineSol

microorganisms beware!

At the end of the aisle,

virgin sunny never have touched a dirty floor,

sponge mops stand waiting,

with the dusters capable of picking up all the

dirt, dust, and cobwebs that lurk below your

bed.

Then there are, almost as an afterthought,

the humble wooden clothes pins,

that hold sheets which

billow out, and snap in the wind

singing a song

to clean by

Reviews

[Cherrie Palmer]

I love it. Yes those ads can do it all. Now if they could just begin the work without me.

[NormaZ]

Ha,ha, yes, I’ve yet to run into that product!

[Akinlolu]

Aisle 17 does a great job of personification. Each item on display has a life of its own. Seems to be a woman's world somewhat. However, it's a very fantastic one. In this poem, the ordinary is clothed with the extraordinary and the seemingly mundane becomes chocked full of life and energy.
Akinlolu

[NormaZ]

Thanks for stopping by and leaving your review Akinlolu!

[Akinlolu]

You are welcome

[John the Baptist]

It so happens I have been searching the cleaners aisles in recent days, and I noticed the same label claims you mention in this one: "Destroys Gooey Messes" ; "Makes Dirty Collars Beg For Mercy"; "Steamrollers Stains of Any Kind," etc. I sure hope the Iranians or North Koreans don't get hold of these things.We'd have to triple our defense budget just to survive.

[NormaZ]

😊 I use a bunch of different cleaners, glass cleaners, toilet bowl cleaner, disinfectant, some diy cleaners, all in one room. I keep thinking that one day they’re all going to combine and explode!

[Stella Armour]

They do shout out "choose me" like puppies in a rescue centre... each one attractive in its own way.
I did enjoy the last verse , humble clothes pegs to hold the clothes after the detergents have been chosen and used , and the little song to lighten the chores..

[NormaZ]

Thanks Stella, I love the image of puppies in a rescue center, could have used that!

[Stella Armour]

Feel free to use it in another poem lol

[emmajoygreen]

What a wonderful journey, aisle by aisle, to what should be and here, is - reality! Your mind, your imagination creates magical meaning of an otherwise ordinary place - read 'world' Superb.

[NormaZ]

Thank you Emma!

[emmajoygreen]

My pleasure, it draws the reader in line by line!

[Sami Khalil]

You take us all on a shopping journey, down aisle and particularly aisle 17; we all have one favorite isle to shop. Products do shout at us to pick them up. It is amazing how many cleaning products are out there; hard to pick a good one.
This was a good poem on daily chores.

[NormaZ]

Thanks for your review Sami. It’s not my greatest poem, but honestly I do love the cleaning products aisle! Maybe I should write an Ode to the cleaning aisle. 😊

[Sami Khalil]

Ah, ok
All wonderful and worthy. You are welcome